Through no fault of their own, stateless children are losing almost two years of primary and secondary school education, and at least on humanitarian grounds, this needs to be corrected, said Family Frontiers programme manager Melinda Anne Sharlini.
“Lower income families will usually not have access to private schools. This impacts a child’s growth and potential. This is a gross violation of the child’s fundamental right to education.” She also called on the authorities to establish streamlined standard operating procedures for student enrolment in the country.Nor Izeni Ismail, who adopted a four-year-old stateless boy in 2016, said unlike other children, she had to pay additional school fees and buy textbooks for him.
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